Create a location tracker search

To generate a location tracker visualization, use a search that returns data in the correct format.

Search syntax

Use this syntax to generate a location tracker graph.

... | table _time <latitude_field> <longitude_field> <resource_field> [icon_field]

Search components

table

Required

Use the table command to create the correct results table column order.

_time

Required

Use the timechart command in the query to generate a _time field.

<latitude_field>

Required

This field indicates geographic latitude values in the data.

<longitude_field>

Required

This field indicates geographic longitude values in the data.

<resource_field>

Required

Values in this field indicate the different resources that you are tracking.

<icon_field>

Optional

Values in this field determine map marker icons.

Search result data formatting

The location tracker search syntax returns results in a table with multiple columns. Columns represent the time, geographic coordinates, resource, color, and icon fields.

Check the Statistics tab after running a query to make sure that the results table includes the correct columns in the required order.

Results table columns

First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
_time	latitude	longitude	resource	icon (optional)

Example search

Here is a search that tracks driver locations and timestamps for a taxi service.

| inputlookup locations.csv | table _time latitude longitude user

The search generates the following results table.